The BOM used to have this web page up, back when they were a little bit more honest. Marble Bar, WA was over 100F (38C) for 100 consecutive days during the summer of 1923-1924 BOM – Australian Climate Extremes

The vast majority of high quality long-term temperature data comes from the US, and in fact much of the planet has little or no long-term temperature data. Because of the poor coverage, it is doubtful that the published global temperature … Continue reading →